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Take part in a table-top counter-terrorism exercise
20 November 2009
Avon and Somerset Police and the University of Bath have joined forces to offer employers and staff of bar and restaurants in Bath the chance to participate in an interactive counter-terrorism tabletop exercise.
Launch of Postgraduate Governance Research Network
20 November 2009
The Postgraduate Governance Research Network, an international web-based network for research students and early career researchers, has been founded by research students in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences.
Submissions are being taken for the David Parkin Professorship
19 November 2009
Submissions are being taken for the David Parkin Professorship.The deadline for Heads of Departments to put forward one nomination to their Dean/Head of School is Friday 22 January, 2010.
Low carbon straw house passes fire test
18 November 2009
BaleHaus@Bath - built of pre-fabricated straw-bale and hemp panels - has fire resistance as good as houses built of conventional building materials according to new research.
Local pupils put their robot designs to the test
18 November 2009
Teams of pupils from across the South-West will be entering robots they have built in class into an international robotics contest, in Bristol on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 November.
Maximise your sales via the web
16 November 2009
The University is offering an interactive workshop ‘How to build a successful online business’ next Thursday (26 November) at Carpenter House in Bath city centre
Trowbridge student awarded prestigious Jeremy Fry Memorial Scholarship
16 November 2009
A student from Trowbridge has been granted a prestigious £5,000 scholarship to help fund his studies at the University of Bath.
Silicon networking, e-business and an Apprentice-style business challenge
16 November 2009
Leading lights in micro-electronics from all over the world will be meeting at the University of Bath later this month (Friday 20 November) as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Sport & Exercise Medicine doctors increase the prescription of exercise
13 November 2009
Doctors who are studying Sport & Exercise Medicine are prescribing more exercise to their patients, a survey carried out at the University of Bath suggests.
Diversity is key to the future success of Higher Education
13 November 2009
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Glynis Breakwell, has told a meeting of the AUA (Association of University Administrators) that the sustainability challenges faced by the HE sector can only be met by individual institutions developing their own diverse plans to tackle them.
National HE STEM Programme Universities announced
11 November 2009
Bath is one of six universities working as part of a major initiative to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) throughout England and Wales.
Bath student named ‘World Masters Games Champion’
09 November 2009
Sandra Smith-Vokroi, a final year Social Work & Applied Social Studies student at the University of Bath, has just returned from the World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Sydney as ‘Games Champion’ after coming first in the ‘snatch’ and ‘clean & jerk’ categories.
Students bring Apprentice-style business to an empty shop in Bath
09 November 2009
Ten teams of students from the University of Bath are finalising business plans that will see them bring new life to an empty shop in the city centre for ten days from Tuesday 10 November.
Free fireworks display at the University
06 November 2009
Bath residents can once again enjoy Bath’s biggest public firework display on Saturday 7 November, organised by Bath Rag the University of Bath’s student fundraising group, part of the Students’ Union.
Bath Science Café explores science and religion
05 November 2009
The relationship between science and religion will be explored at the next meeting of the Bath Science Café on Monday 9 November at the Raven pub, Bath.
Public Lecture: The cosmic web
05 November 2009
We have so much more to learn about the Universe that surrounds our world but a public lecture at the University of Bath on Thursday 19 November will give local people the chance to find out how physicists are weaving together ideas to explain how it came to be.
Lady Miller of Batheaston, the origins and achievements of her poetical assemblies
04 November 2009
A free public lecture about the elusive 18th century Lady Miller of Batheaston, and her poetry gatherings, will take place at the University of Bath on Wednesday 18 November.
Delights of the digital age
02 November 2009
A workshop for women interested in promoting their businesses online is being held at the University as part of National Women’s Enterprise Day 2009.
Public Lecture: Intimations of immortality – the changing face of death in an ageing society
02 November 2009
For years no-one spoke about it, but now death is an openly accepted part of life. The changing faces of death and how ways of acknowledging it are beginning to be reinvented will be examined in a public lecture at the University on Wednesday 11 November.
New Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed at the University of Bath
02 November 2009
The University of Bath has appointed Professor Bernard Morley to serve as its new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Teaching from 1 March 2010. He will succeed Professor Ian Jamieson who is retiring after 24 years of service with the University.
Pregnant women needed to take part in labour pain study
02 November 2009
The Pan Bath & Swindon Primary Care Research Consortium based at the University of Bath, hopes to recruit 225 pregnant women from the Bath, Wiltshire and Bristol area to take part in a study into labour pain drugs.
New scholarship in memory of engineering professor
02 November 2009
The family of the late Professor Frank Wallace has set up a scholarship to help Chinese students to undertake a full masters programme at the University of Bath in Automotive Engineering.
Public Lecture: Visiting Professor to speak on role of culture in psychology
02 November 2009
Professor Jaan Valsiner, a visiting professor from the USA, is giving a lecture on the role of culture in psychology on Monday 9 November
Children learn drinking habits from their parents and adverts
30 October 2009
Richard Velleman (Psychology) has published two reports into what influences children’s behaviour and attitude towards alcohol. The research reveals that parents and alcohol’s representation in the media have the strongest influence on drinking habits, whereas peers have the least.
Sex, conflicts and cooperation: the family life of birds
30 October 2009
A free public lecture will ruffle a few feathers at the University of Bath on Wednesday 11 November, when the family dynamics of birds is revealed to be not quite all it seems.
4 West reaches ‘High Point’ in its development
23 October 2009
A special ceremony, dating back thousands of years, took place this week to celebrate a crucial stage in the 4 West building project at the University.
Bath woman who underwent life-changing operations swims the Serpentine
23 October 2009
A Bath woman who underwent life-changing hip operations has completed a mile-long swim of the Serpentine.
Victoria Wells found out about the operation from a public lecture at the University of Bath. Her story is featured in a new video released by the University today.
Are US and European plovers really birds of a feather?
22 October 2009
The Kentish-Snowy Plover, a small shorebird found in the US and Europe, is suffering from an identity crisis after scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sheffield found genetic evidence that the populations are, in fact, separate species.
International search begins for new Director of Sport
21 October 2009
The global search is underway to find a new Director of Sport to head up one of the leading university sports departments in the UK.
The University of Bath is recruiting a new director following the departure of former head Ged Roddy MBE last month to take up a role with the Football Premier League.